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In an intense engagement with the themes of alienation and self-actualization, “Ein Bericht für eine Akademie” leads us into the story of Rotpeter, a former ape, who testifies about his self-creation as a human - or is this ultimately an illusion? Raised on the Gold Coast, the ape is wounded and captured during a hunt by the Hagenbeck company. On a ship that takes him to the "civilized world," he accepts his fate and attempts a self-rescue. Over a longer period, he receives both theoretical and practical instruction in human behavior, which he approaches with great effort. He learns to smoke, to drink, and he practices walking upright. Yet he suspects that he will find no correspondence in being human for the animal freedom he has to give up. Kafka's narrative from 1917 exposes our notions of civilization and freedom in an equally subversively comical and dark manner. In Anna Michelle Hercher's staging, the narrative encounters questions of the digital era. Does the influencer Rotpeter have a real face? How authentic is his pain? Where between identity formation and pressure to conform lies the self of this ape?

Director: Anna Michelle Hercher
Stage & Costumes: Michelle Huning
Music: Daniel Anderson
Dramaturgy: Emma Charlott Ulrich

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